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Interpolation

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2.NounThe process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3.NounThe process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
4.NounThat which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
"Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like so] for clarity."
5.NounThe use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
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